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To err is human
Even with the recent increase in cyberattacks, breaches are still more likely to occur due to human error.
• In 2016, there was at least one health data breach per day, impacting over 27M patient records. The reasons for the breaches are given in the chart below:5
43%
Insider error/wrongdoing
Hacking/ransomware 27%
11% Other
Loss/theft of devices 19%
• Data loss was the runaway leader for breaches in healthcare at 54.8%5
• In healthcare, 68% of employees admitted that they would share sensitive,
con dential, or regulated information.6
The most records exposed by employee error or negligence were in the healthcare sector. —ITRC Data Breach Report 2016
Operational shortcomings
1400vulnerabilities were found on one legacy medical system, according to the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force.7
63%of the 27 biggest US hospitals received a C or lower in patching cadence. Similar low ratings were received for endpoint security,
9 social engineering, and Domain Name Server (DNS) health.
Breaches are costly
$3.62Mis the average cost of a data breach, with an average of
10 $380 per record.
1.8Mquali ed security professionals are needed to ll the estimated
open positions till 2020.8
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